httplib ResponseNotReady

[Gandalf]

> There was a discussion about a bug in httplib. After 100 (continue), 
> when you want to GET a page, you will get a ResponseNotReady exception 
> instead.
> I'm having the same problem here. I'm using Python 2.3.2. Does anyone 
> know if this problem has been solved? Are there patches? 

I solved this problem by replacing httplib with os.popen and the 
wonderful wget program.
However, I'm still interested in the topic. Is this bug already fixed or 
patched?

Best,

   Laci 2.0